Always wanted a to write a novel? Now’s your chance to see it published!

Find out how to enter Good Housekeeping’s novel competition 2016

Do you have a brilliant idea for a book, but keep putting off writing it?

Good Housekeeping, book publishers Orion and literary agent Luigi Bonomi are looking for a reader whose first novel deserves to be read. We’re after someone who has never had their work published and has no literary agent.

Entries should be in the crime/thriller and women’s fiction genres. First prize is a £10,000 advance and the chance to see your book in print!

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A shortlist of 10 writers will spend a day with Orion Books and Luigi, taking part in workshops and getting feedback on their submitted chapters. There are also three Acer Switch laptops for runners-up.

WHAT TO SEND Send us a full synopsis of your story (no more than two sheets of A4 paper); 5,000 words of your novel (crime/thriller or women's fiction); a 100-word mini biography of yourself. Include your name, address and telephone number. Your work must be original unpublished work.

Terms and conditions *Open to UK entrants aged 18 and over. *The book must be fiction in the crime/thriller or women’s fiction genres. *The competition is open to entrants who have never had a novel (including their entry) published by a publishing company and who are not already signed to a literary agent. *Entrants can have been self-published but must own the rights to their entry. *Only one entry is permitted per person. *Please enclose a printed version of your entry, printed double-spaced in 12pt type on A4 paper. We can’t accept entries submitted by email (except residents of Northern Ireland who may email their entry to goodh.mail@hearst.co.uk) and we’re unable to return manuscripts. *All entries must be received by 31 March 2016. *The prize is: £10,000 advance; publication of winning novel upon its completion; and an introduction to top literary agent Luigi Bonomi. There is no cash alternative to the prize. *The winner will be notified by 30 June 2016. *Winners must agree to be interviewed for a feature and for an extract of their novel to be published in Good Housekeeping. *Hearst Magazines UK reserves the right not to award the prize if we do not receive any entries of a publishable standard. *The judging panel’s decision is final.

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